DESIGN

“THE BOMB” DEBUTS ON NETFLIX

Following an extraordinary immersive performance at Glastonbury, The Bomb, will debut on Netflix, August 1. New York York was first and unforgettable, Berlin was timely and now, we write this after a mesmerizing showcase of The Bomb at the 2017 Glastonbury Festival.

With support and technical guidance, Glastonbury built massive 360 degree screens out in the open fields of Somerset. The Acid played three powerful shows over the festival and the audience reacted with open jaws.

Now, thanks to the continued support of our partners, we are thrilled to share The Bomb, with audiences worldwide on Netflix.

There, the film will join classics like Dr. Strangelove and Atomic Cafe, iconic reminders of what nuclear weapons can do to our society and tools to inspire public interest.

Through this new platform, The Bomb, will engage people across the globe, reaching outside of the city center and away from technology hubs, broadening the network of those aware of the threat of nuclear weapons and deepening the conversation throughout society.

IMMERSE

Roman Fine Art is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition from New York-based artist, Reisha Perlmutter. Titled: Immerse, the show will include over 15 new paintings from her water series, exploring the body, its relationship to water and the science of color. The exhibit will be open July 28 through August 27, 2017 with a reception for the artist Saturday, July 29, 2-5 pm; at 66 Park Place, East Hampton, NY.

For just over a year, Perlmutter has been working on a series of oil paintings depicting women in water, in many of these she is also the subject. She aims to place emphasis on the biological connection between body and water, while finding correlations between her painting philosophy and understanding of color. Color and light move across the skin through the water, in energetic brushwork, blurring the edges between the figure and it’s surrounding environment. Through this connection, we sense that the body and the water are one.

Perlmutter’s imagery allows the viewer to relive and experience this universal and very humanizing connection to water, where one becomes hyper-aware of the body, where it begins and ends, how it moves in nature. Her weightless figures seem to be at complete ease and calm, the dappled light melting into the larger image, inviting our senses to participate in the painting.

Perlmutter draws parallels between the physical relationship with nature and Albers color theory, where color exists purely in its relationship to its surroundings. She explains this relationship as almost linear, “the flesh ends and the water begins, the flesh feels and looks like flesh because of the water,” just as one color will project that which it is relative to.

She also aims to depict bodies that are not overly posed or sexualized. Her work often evokes comparisons to photorealism, however the artist associates photography as data and documentation, which is not part of her objective in practice.

Perlmutter has paintings in numerous private collections in Europe and the US. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in Munich, Miami, Naples, New York and East Hampton.

Emphasis is directed away from individualized anatomy, and onto the body as a whole. The artist finds poetry within the recurring shapes, naturally occurring throughout individual bodies. Capturing natural patterns, she considers DNA, physiology and biology; and particularly in relationship to women and their bodies. Her recent work aims to empower women to appreciate their differences, find a comfortability with their sizes, shapes, and colors.

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ALUNAGEORGE

ALUNAGEORGE RELEASES NEW TRACK — “TURN UP THE LOVE” TODAY VIA GEFFEN RECORDS

LONDON DUO ON TOUR WITH COLDPLAY IN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST

London duo AlunaGeorge have released their new track “Turn Up The Love,” available today via all digital retailers. Listen HERE. Earlier this week, the band released another new track, “Last Kiss,” listen to it HERE.

“The creative concept is to release two tracks, one upbeat song and one ballad, to symbolize “light and shade” and highlight the duality of both songs,” says vocalist Aluna Francis.

Last fall, AlunaGeorge released their sophomore album I Remember, which found Francis and producer George Reid burnishing their unique sonic palette by pushing forward into bolder territories and channeling personal experience through a mélange of pop styles. The album featured the singles “I’m In Control” (featuring Popcaan), the Flume-produced “I Remember,” and“My Blood” (featuring Zhu), and earned the duo critical raves. People magazine called it “another set of buoyant bangers,” while Nylon noted its “sensational electro-meets R&B flavor.” MTV said: “AlunaGeorge put the human heart in dance pop.”

After touring with Sia last fall in support of I Remember, AlunaGeorge will hit the road with Coldplay beginning August 1^st. Please see below for all of the duo’s upcoming tour dates.

July 29 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Pool (DJ set)
Aug 01 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium (with Coldplay)
Aug 04 –Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium (with Coldplay)
Aug 06 –Landover, MD @ FedExField (with Coldplay)
Aug 08 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre (with Coldplay)
Aug 09 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre (with Coldplay)
Aug 12 –Minneapolis, MN @ US Bank Stadium (with Coldplay)
Aug 14 –Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center (with Coldplay)
Aug 15 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center (with Coldplay)
Aug 17 –Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field (with Coldplay)
Aug 19 –Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena (with Coldplay)
Aug 21 –Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre (with Coldplay)
Aug 22 –Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre (with Coldplay)
Aug 24 – Austin, TX @ Kingdom (DJ set)
Aug 25 –Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium (with Coldplay)
Aug 28 – Miami, FL @ Hard Rock Stadium (with Coldplay)

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Amanda Williams: Chicago Work

Chicago Works: Amanda Williams
Presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
July 18 – Dec. 31, 2017

Amanda Williams is elated about her first major museum exhibition, Chicago Works: Amanda Williams at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Amanda will be presenting several new works that are an extension of my breakout painted house series, Color(ed) Theory, which gained national acclaim during Chicago’s first Architectural Biennial in 2015 [learn more about the Biennial here].

For the MCA, She has created an immersive set of site specific installations, original works on paper and sculptures that highlight how color, race and space have shaped the lives of south side citizens. This exhibition raises difficult questions about the social and political fabric of our city.

**Save the Date**
MCA Talk: Grace Deveney on Amanda WiIliams Tue, Aug 8, 12-1 pm

Uppity Negress garden installation on view at The Arts Club of Chicago
June 17 – Sept. 23, 2017

A site-specific installation for The Arts Club Garden Projects series, Uppity Negress addresses the layered roles gender and race have played historically in black women’s ability to navigate their position in urban space.

**Uppity Negress included in the NewCity Art Top 5: July 2017**

MEDIA

Chicago Magazine July Feature Story

Pick up the latest Chicago Magazine and flip to the Culture section (page 28). Peep the feature titled, “The Upcycle Artist” written by Novid Parsi, where Amanda shares her thoughts on finding value and meaning in overlooked elements of the South Side of Chicago.

In Stores Now!

WDCB JAZZ – The Arts Section

Award-winning visual artist Amanda Williams is a guest of Gary Zidek on the morning radio series “The Arts Section.” The Bronzeville resident talked about a number of topics including her transition from architecture to art, her upcoming MCA exhibit & A Tribe Called Quest.

Listen Here

ENGAGEMENTS

Amanda Williams named to Leadership Greater Chicago 2018 Class of Fellows

This select group of 40 accomplished and diverse individuals represents a cross-section of professionals from the corporate, nonprofit, government, and education sectors. They share the organization’s goal of effecting real change in the community. The class will explore challenges facing Chicago and the region to help effect real change in the community. (Photo: Tony Smith)

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CELLINI HOSTS A SPECIAL GREUBEL FORSEY EXHIBITION

NY — July 5, 2017

Cellini Jewelers and Greubel Forsey are presenting an exhibition that illustrates the celebrated Swiss atelier’s evolution since its 2004 debut. Open to the public from July 10 to 24, the “20 Calibres Retrospective Exhibition” will be held in Cellini’s boutique at 509 Madison Avenue. This special engagement offers collectors a rare opportunity to experience Greubel Forsey timepieces firsthand. The featured pieces spotlight a number of the company’s greatest achievements and span its entire collection, from the extraordinary Grande Sonnerie unveiled earlier this year to the Double Tourbillon 30° — the first calibre the brand ever created.

Highlights of the upcoming exhibition include:

• The Double Tourbillon 30° Technique Sapphire, which features a case carved from a single piece of sapphire crystal. Greubel Forsey will only produce eight of these timepieces and the one on display is among the last in the limited-edition series.

• The Double Balancier is one of the most technically advanced non-tourbillon pieces the brand offers. Guests will see the one-of-a-kind, blue-dial version that Greubel Forsey made exclusively for Cellini.

• The QP à Équation’s remarkable list of functions includes a tourbillon that’s set at a 25° angle and rotates once every 24 seconds, as well as a bi-directional perpetual calendar, equation of time, and indications for seasons, solstices and equinoxes.

Cellini’s NYC boutique is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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FELICIA TEMPLE: SINGER, SONGWRITER + SURVIVOR!

Originally from New Jersey, Felicia Temple was born into a musical family. Her dad, a touring musician, performed with renowned hip-hop group The Sugarhill Gang for as long as Felicia can remember. She grew up playing piano and learning sheet music, and was even called “Felicia Keys” around school [after one of her greatest influences – Alicia Keys]. As a singer/songwriter and pianist, Felicia honed her musical chops at the famed Village Underground in New York City, and went on to win audiences over at NYC’s famed SOB’s, DROM and Milk River where she headlined several sold-out showcases. Felicia has opened for acts including Angie Stone, Keke Wyatt, The O’Jays and SWV, and has performed the national anthem at numerous NBA and NCAA basketball games. Her music has also gone overseas with her touring in Moscow, Russia.

While music has always been her greatest passion, Felicia was always fascinated with medicine and helping people – she obtained a degree in nursing while also pursuing a solo career. In June 2015, she was diagnosed with carcinoid cancer. While undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy and extensive abdominal surgery, Felicia wrote and recorded her EP, “The Balancing Act.” She states, “This EP came to be as a way to cope while I was dealing with cancer. I wrote music to help me get through an extremely dark time. I put my heart and soul in it, completely writing and producing it with all live instrumentation. It is, without a doubt, my strongest body of work to date and a reminder that something beautiful can come out of something so horrible.” Today, while she still goes in for regular check ups with her oncologist, there is no evidence that the disease exists in her body.

In February 2017, Felicia joined the cast of NBC’s “The Voice,” competing on Blake Shelton’s team. She was a stand out from day one, singing show-stopping ballads including: “All I Could Do Was Cry,” “Titanium,” “My Heart Will Go On” and “Defying Gravity.” Felicia’s story inspired millions of cancer survivors and musicians alike and set the stage for the release of her EP.

SOCIALS

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You can see Felicia competing on “The Voice” (April 2017) here:

http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/video/felicia-temple-my-heart-will-go-on/349483

DAVID BOWIE + TREVOR JONES!

David Bowie and Trevor Jones’ iconic soundtrack to Jim Henson’s mesmerizing and enduring fantasy classic, Labyrinth, will be released on limited edition green and lavender vinyl on August 4 via UMe. Limited to 1500 copies of each worldwide, the special colored vinyl variants are available exclusively at UDiscover and now available for pre-order. Additionally, a second pressing of the album on high quality 120gm black vinyl will be made available the same day due to popular demand following the incredible response from the album’s release on May 12, which marked the first time the album has been released on vinyl since its original 1986 release. Long out of print, the album was remastered at Capitol Studios and includes the faithfully replicated original jacket and artwork, including the original EMI America logo and the printed inner sleeve featuring photos of Bowie from the film. Pre-orderLabyrinth here: http://UMe.lnk.to/LabyrinthLP

Praised by film critics and moviegoers alike for its astonishing imagery and distinct characters, Labyrinth has been celebrated for being wildly ahead of its time. Directed by Jim Henson and executive produced by George Lucas, the film, which stars David Bowie as Jareth, The Goblin King, is full of memorable creatures brought to life by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, working closely with acclaimed artist and conceptual designer Brian Froud.

In a 1986 interview with Movieline, Bowie recalled his first meeting with Henson to discuss the film: “Jim Henson set up a meeting with me while I was doing my 1983 tour in the States, and he outlined the basic concept for Labyrinth and showed me some of Brian Froud’s artwork. I’d always wanted to be involved in the music-writing aspect of a movie that would appeal to children of all ages, as well as everyone else, and I must say that Jim gave me a completely free hand with it. The script itself was terribly amusing without being vicious or spiteful or bloody, and it also had a lot more heart than many other special effects movies. So I was pretty well hooked from the beginning.”

Described by The Atlantic as “101 minutes of Bowie rock opera and Hensonian spectacle,” Labyrinth was the second major soundtrack that Bowie worked on, falling between his 16th and 17th studio albums, Tonight and Never Let Me Down. He wrote and recorded five original songs for the film, including “Underground,” “As The World Falls Down” and “Magic Dance” with its famous oft-repeated opening: “You remind me of the babe/What babe? The babe with the power/What power? The power of voodoo/Who do? You do/Do what? Remind me of the babe.” All songs were performed by Bowie except “Chilly Down” which was sung by Charles Augins, Richard Bodkin, Kevin Clash, and Danny John-Jules, the actors who voiced the ‘Firey’ creatures in the film. In the aforementioned interview with Movieline around the film and soundtrack’s release, Bowie revealed an obstacle he encountered while recording. “With ‘Dance Magic’ – the song for Jareth and the baby, sung by them and the goblins in the castle throne room – I had problems,” Bowie explained. “The baby I used in the recording studios couldn’t, or wouldn’t, put more than two gurgles together, so I ended up doing the baby-gurgle chorus myself! It’s an up-tempo song, and visually exciting.”

The 12-track soundtrack is rounded out with Trevor Jones’ memorable score. The synth-based instrumentals, described by All Music Guide as “synthesizers blended cautiously into orchestral ensembles to provide a suitably ethereal tone,” represent pivotal moments from the film and include “Into the Labyrinth,” “Sarah” “Hallucination,” “The Goblin Battle,” “Thirteen O’Clock” and “Home at Last.” Jones and Henson previously worked together on the live action fantasy classic, “The Dark Crystal.”

Labyrinth celebrated its 30th anniversary last year and the film and soundtrack have only grown in popularity since its release on June 27, 1986. Last year, a newly restored 4K version of the movie was released back in theaters with a limited engagement theatrical run in the United States giving fans the opportunity to see it back on the big screen. On September 20th, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on Blu-ray, next-generation 4K Ultra HD™, and as a multi-format 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition complete with unique “mirrorbox” packaging that included a mini replica of the film’s climactic and iconic final scene. All versions include a host of all-new bonus content and a gorgeous 24-page Digibook filled with rare photos and a look behind the scenes.

LABYRINTH OST TRACK LISTING

SIDE 1

1. Opening Titles Including Underground

2. Into The Labyrinth

3. Magic Dance

4. Sarah

5. Chilly Down

6. Hallucination

SIDE 2

1. As The World Falls Down

2. The Goblin Battle

3. Within You

4. Thirteen O’Clock

5. Home At Last

6. Underground

INTERSCOPE HOSTS ANNUAL BET AWARDS PRE-PARTY

(Los Angeles, CA- June 25, 2017) Last night, Interscope Records hosted their annual BET Awards Pre Party at ROKU/Blind Dragon in West Hollywood. Musicians, tastemakers and industry professionals alike gathered to celebrate a night of music to remember. The soiree, sponsored by Martell Cognac, Clairol Professional and PRG brought out some of the industry’s biggest names including Playboi Carti, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, Lana Del Rey, Steve Rifkind, Big Baby D.R.A.M and Tina Knowles. DJ Reflex and DJ A-OH spun the hits and kept the dance floor going until 2AM. Additional party sponsorship was provided by Finish Line, Fanta and MEZZ. See all the photos from the A-list affair below.

Playboi Carti

QUIN

Soraya

Rich The Kid

(All Photos by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Interscope Records)

Josh Levi

Josh Levi is an 18yro recording artist, actor and activist who began singing in church at the age of four years old. Best known as being one of the top finalists on the X-Factor (USA), where he gained worldwide recognition for his singing talent, he amassed a huge fanbase and signed to Island Records. With his new band, Citizen Four, they just to released their latest single, “Want You Back,” with the video following right after. After writing his last solo single, DOCTOR, it surpassed one Million+ streams on Spotify. Josh has starred in major network shows such as: Days of Our Lives, Friday Night Lights, The Thundermans and Disney’s Nu Skool Records. He also starred as Oliver Twist in Debbie Allen’s Broadway show TWIST (based on Oliver Twist). Josh has toured with Digifest in Toronto, Abu Dhabi, Mexico and throughout the UK and the US. After headlining Vidcon, Josh came to the attention of AwesomenessTV founder Brian Robbins who then decided to produce one Josh Levi branded music video a month and provide him with guest star opportunities on their shows such as Beachin’ and Life’s So Rad.

(Photos: Blair Caldwell)